Guns n` Roses `Chinese Democracy` looks like vacating the US Top 10 after just one week.
Hitsdailydouble.com is estimating that the album will sell around 80,000 units this week in America, and with 69.42% of the week’s sales counted, has the album projected for number 12.‘Chinese Democracy’ had a very ordinary debut in America last week when it only sold 261,200 units. (Gold in the USA in 500,000, Platinum is 1,000,000). Given the lead-up to the release, this was a very poor figure indeed.
In Australia, the album faired just as bad. In week one, including broken embargo sales, it did around 24,000 units. This week, it fell to number 7 after selling a further 11,391 units. (Gold in Australia is 35,000. Platinum is 70,000).
In Australia, Universal Music shipped 100,000 units into store upon high-expectations for the release. It has just sold Gold.
In the United States, an exclusive deal was done with the Best Buy chain to purchase 1.5 million units in advance for $9 per unit. It is only over halfway to Gold Stateside.
What a brilliant deal. Considering Axl is reported to have spent $14m making the album, Best Buy have paid off his debt. Best Buy have 1.2 million unsold CDs sitting around in the warehouse. That's not Axl's problem. He has the cheque.
